Q 8:(Before you continue, if your opinion is going to be "Why bother?" or "Just guess," or something similar, please don't post it. I'm looking for a mathematical solution that I know is present. THX!)

In d20 modern, there's a Wealth Bonus (WB) which one adds to a d20 check to see if you can afford stuff (which has a purchase DC).

As one goes up levels, one can increase this WB by making a Profession check higher than the current WB. I ran some maths on it, and it works out to (roughly) a 1.6 point increase per level. A 20th level character ought to be "very rich" by the terms of the d20 system.

Now, in D&D 3.5, characters have an expected wealth by level (see page 135 of the DMG). If you look at that table, the increases are very definitely non-linear. I broke out my true geek ability, and took the logarithm of the wealth by level figures, which gave me a nice straight linear increase.

I remember from my long-past maths and physics studies that I ought to be able to find the equation that ties these two measurements of character wealth together. Can anyone in the Vault help me, please?

A 8:It's been years since I did any chartiness with excel - can anyone remind me if it's possible to make a chart with a linear (not exponential) scale on an axis when your source data is at irregular intervals? Otherwise I'm going to have to bust out the graph paper and pencil to test my theories.

A 8: It's been years since I did any chartiness with excel - can anyone remind me if it's possible to make a chart with a linear (not exponential) scale on an axis when your source data is at irregular intervals? Otherwise I'm going to have to bust out the graph paper and pencil to test my theories.

Q 9: In D&D 3.5, if you're wielding two weapons you incur a penalty to your attacks to reflect how hard it is to attack with two weapons. If you're holding two weapons but only attack with one (as a standard action after a move, or as an attack of opportunity) does the penalty still apply?

A 9: I can't claim to be in the right, necessarily, but I've always played it as:Using both weapons has to be a full round action, as I understand. The character is considered to have the two weapons ready at any time he says so. You can then opt to perform the full round attack with both weapons, with the penalties applied, or you can make a single, normal attack with no penalties applied, along with moving, performing a free action or doing nothing, as per the rules for characters without two weapon fighting.If you move, you obviously can't make the full round attack with two weapons anyway.Attacks of Opportunity are also normal single attacks, so no penalties there either.Just because you're holding the other weapon, this shouldn't hamper the effectiveness of a single attack.

Not really part of your question, but I think move actions might be affected by the fact that the character has both weapons out though - retrieving an item would obviously be more difficult with no hands free...

Q11 In D&D 3.5 if a Ranger takes Two-Weapon Fighting for the Combat Style option, does s/he then fulfill the prerequisites of Improved Two-Weapon Fighting? (Assume that s/he has a sufficiently high Dex score)

Additionally, if s/he DOES take ITWF, what ahppens when s/he puts on heavy armour? Combat Style is reliant on wearing light armour, but ITWF is not.

A11: I think that the Combat Style two weapon fighting effectively gives the character the two weapon fighting feat for free - which I guess means that you would then be able to use a feat to get ITWF immediately (assuming you also meet the other prerequisites).I only say this because I'm pretty sure that Alastair has done that with a fair few 1st level ranger characters (a couple of them were mine) in the past.

With regards the armour question.... no frickin' idea, and the only person I could ask has gone off to Italy until tomorrow night, sorry!

A11: I think that the Combat Style two weapon fighting effectively gives the character the two weapon fighting feat for free - which I guess means that you would then be able to use a feat to get ITWF immediately (assuming you also meet the other prerequisites).I only say this because I'm pretty sure that Alastair has done that with a fair few 1st level ranger characters (a couple of them were mine) in the past.

With regards the armour question.... no frickin' idea, and the only person I could ask has gone off to Italy until tomorrow night, sorry!

I may be in Italy, but I have an internet connection!

A11 Combat Style effectively gives you the feat - the SRD says "he is treated as havingthe Two Weapon Fighting feat" - so yes, as long as you meet the other requirements of the ITWF, you can take it. When you put on heavy armour, you lose your Combat Style benefits - so you no longer qualify for ITWF either.1st level Rangers in 3.5 don't get Combat Style, by the way. In 3rd Ed, yeah, but not 3.5 - it's a 2nd level feature. Also, one of the prerequisites of ITWF is that you have a BAB of +6. At 6th level, you get ITWF just for being a ranger anyway. Of course, if you've multiclassed, that's another matter...

A 8: i suppose with gold prices it would make sense, a hundred year old coin could quite easily be $100 and so an old magical weapon would increase in price the same way

Q&A 8: Trouble is, the Wealth Bonus does not have a linear relationship with the dollar or GP values of anything in the game.The best I've managed to come up with is that for every point the Wealth Bonus increases, one should multiply the GP by the same amount, and add it to the original GP value. My biggest difficulty is where to start?

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